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one of the things that paul ryan has pledged to do and now mr. romney as well is day one get rid of insurance coverage for birth control for women. you know, 99% of women rely on birth control. this isn't a social issue for women, it's a basic economic issue. it's incredible to have someone running for president who is so out of touch with what women need. >> thank you both. you're being cheered by the crowd and cheered back here in new york. thank you. >> thank you. >>> next, the president talks up his running mate in the sunshine state. stay with you. >> i have never seen clips of a debate, i have never watched any of those reruns from four years ago. >> really? >> from the acceptance speech to the debate or anything, no. life goes on, you move forward, and i don't rehash the past. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and
one of the things that paul ryan has pledged to do and now mr. romney as well is day one get rid of insurance coverage for birth control for women. you know, 99% of women rely on birth control. this isn't a social issue for women, it's a basic economic issue. it's incredible to have someone running for president who is so out of touch with what women need. >> thank you both. you're being cheered by the crowd and cheered back here in new york. thank you. >> thank you. >>>...
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ryan look like a first-class. >> mr. ryan's concern for those in need didn't really come through that day so today he tried again. he gave a policy speech promoted by his campaign on poverty and when it was over i thought maybe he should stick to washing pots. >> we believe that americans are in instead of a stag nabt government. >> mr. ryan's speech was filled with platitudes to please the right wing. watching him you couldn't help but wonder, who was he to give this speech. after all, the budget that bears his name for projects like food stamps and medicaid and pell grants, programs that in need desperately need. his policy is bad enough. but his arrogance may be worse. after all, what makes congressman paul ryan expert on communities. and giving him the experience and expertise to literally know what he's talking about in taking on the unique challenges faced by diverse communities? paul ryan's congressional district is 85% white, 7.5% hispanic, 5% black. how is he an authority on poverty representing a district where
ryan look like a first-class. >> mr. ryan's concern for those in need didn't really come through that day so today he tried again. he gave a policy speech promoted by his campaign on poverty and when it was over i thought maybe he should stick to washing pots. >> we believe that americans are in instead of a stag nabt government. >> mr. ryan's speech was filled with platitudes to please the right wing. watching him you couldn't help but wonder, who was he to give this speech....
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apparently mr. ryan want to be referred to tonight as mr. ryan, not congressman ryan. isn't that a little strange? >> it's not strange at all, reverend. congress is about as popular as psycho killers right now, according to polls. of course he doesn't want to be associated with it. >> but that's the only job that he's had. >> yes, that's true. but i guess he's entitled to be called mister. i don't think joe biden is goi to let the audience forget that paul ryan has been in congress and he's a key figure in the house republican leadership that americans deeply are distressed. >> dana milbank and erin mcpike, mr. sharpton thanks you for your time tonight. >>> there's a chance -- a chance paul ryan won't tell the truth tonight. how will vice president biden respond? that's next. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medica
apparently mr. ryan want to be referred to tonight as mr. ryan, not congressman ryan. isn't that a little strange? >> it's not strange at all, reverend. congress is about as popular as psycho killers right now, according to polls. of course he doesn't want to be associated with it. >> but that's the only job that he's had. >> yes, that's true. but i guess he's entitled to be called mister. i don't think joe biden is goi to let the audience forget that paul ryan has been in...
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mr. ryan would put your mercy at the stock market. ryan ran out of the room to hide his extreme position. >> we will honor this position and we are not going to jeopardize this program but we have to save it. >> you are jeopardizing the program. you are changing it to supreme and support. the bottom line, people are going to have to may more money out of their pocket. >> it's a voucher. who do you believe? the ama? me? a guy who has fought his whole life for this? a guy that would put a plan in place that knowing cuts $6,400 a year more to the cost of medicare. >> that's what congressman ryan would knowingly do to seniors. vice president biden unmasked what he and his running mate really think about medicare. >> these guys hadn't been big on medicare from the beginning. their party has not been big on medicare from the beginning and they've always been about social security as little as you can do. look, folks, use your commonsense. who do you trust on this? a man who introduced a bill that would raise it $6400 a year knowing it and p
mr. ryan would put your mercy at the stock market. ryan ran out of the room to hide his extreme position. >> we will honor this position and we are not going to jeopardize this program but we have to save it. >> you are jeopardizing the program. you are changing it to supreme and support. the bottom line, people are going to have to may more money out of their pocket. >> it's a voucher. who do you believe? the ama? me? a guy who has fought his whole life for this? a guy that...
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so that line of questioning here for mr. ryan was understandable. maybe even predictable. but beyond the newsworthiness of paul ryan getting up and taking off his microphone and ending the interview and beyond the newsworthiness of the campaign going after this reporter, there was what that reporter was able to elicit from paul ryan. there's his prescription for what it takes to get out of poverty if you live in the inner city. >> the best thing to help prevent violent crime in the inner cities is to bring opportunity in the inner cities, help people get out of poverty, help teach people good discipline, good character. >> are all people who are poor only poor because they have not been taught good character? or only poor people in the inner cities who are poor because they don't have good character? they don't have good discipline, they need to be taught that. you watching at home, do you not make a lot of money? was there a time you didn't have a lot of money? is that because you have bad character? if i were the romney/ryan campaign i would probably try to trash that re
so that line of questioning here for mr. ryan was understandable. maybe even predictable. but beyond the newsworthiness of paul ryan getting up and taking off his microphone and ending the interview and beyond the newsworthiness of the campaign going after this reporter, there was what that reporter was able to elicit from paul ryan. there's his prescription for what it takes to get out of poverty if you live in the inner city. >> the best thing to help prevent violent crime in the inner...
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. >> congressman, mr. ryan says the president doesn't have a mandate. let me let you hear for yourself what he said. >> does barack obama now have a mandate? >> i don't think so. because they also re-elected the house of republicans. whether people intended or not we've got divided government. >> does your colleagues on the other side of the aisle feel that they have the mandate on taxes, not the president, and they will not make a deal or do you think ultimately mr. boehner, mr. ryan and others will make a deal with the president around this issue? >> i think before people sit down for holiday dinners this december there will be a deal. it will be essentially on the president's terms because the leverage really rests with the president. the congress has to present a bill that he's prepared to sign or all of the tax cuts go out of existence. when we come back in next year and the senate passes a tax cut bill for the middle class, it will pass in the house. it will not have any of the tax cuts in existence for higher income people. >> ezezra, let's look
. >> congressman, mr. ryan says the president doesn't have a mandate. let me let you hear for yourself what he said. >> does barack obama now have a mandate? >> i don't think so. because they also re-elected the house of republicans. whether people intended or not we've got divided government. >> does your colleagues on the other side of the aisle feel that they have the mandate on taxes, not the president, and they will not make a deal or do you think ultimately mr....
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after mr. ryan was picked as the number two on the republican ticket, politico counted it up for today's story. after he was picked he did nearly 30 local tv interviews in ohio alone. he did 20 in virginia. he did 1 in9 in florida. he did 16 in iowa. abc news did a big feature an how paul ryan had done more than 100 local interviews in the swing states already. by that point. more than 100. the point of that feature, the point of the campaign bragging an how much they have paul ryan talking to local reporters was i think to present a positive alternative story line to explain why paul ryan wasn't actually taking questions from the national press. quote -- though the campaign frequently makes mr. ryan available for local broadcasters, the candidate has yet to hold a formal press conference with his traveling press corp. don't think he's being protected from hard questions. he talked to the local press a lot. quote -- romney/ryan campaign aides plan to keep ryan on a steady diet of local intervie
after mr. ryan was picked as the number two on the republican ticket, politico counted it up for today's story. after he was picked he did nearly 30 local tv interviews in ohio alone. he did 20 in virginia. he did 1 in9 in florida. he did 16 in iowa. abc news did a big feature an how paul ryan had done more than 100 local interviews in the swing states already. by that point. more than 100. the point of that feature, the point of the campaign bragging an how much they have paul ryan talking to...
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some responsibility here. >> i'm not into man fights. >> mr. ryan said last night to governor romney was a car guy. well, if they had an elevator stack i guess he was. >> today the campaigning continues the post debate campaigning has already kicked into high gear. >> we're going to level the playing field. it's time to acknowledge what got us into this trouble in the first place. >> the vice president defends the status quo. >> that's a bunch of ma larky. the. >> paul ryan care about each and every american. >> stop caring about how you care about people. show me something. >> the table is now reset. >> with the v.p. debate now over. >> who gets to hit the panic button next? >> with 25 days until the presidential election, the obama re-election campaign is seizing on this statement by paul ryan in last night's debate. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected, should those who believe that abortion should remain legal be worried? >> we don't think that unelected judges should make this decision, that people through their elected representatives,
some responsibility here. >> i'm not into man fights. >> mr. ryan said last night to governor romney was a car guy. well, if they had an elevator stack i guess he was. >> today the campaigning continues the post debate campaigning has already kicked into high gear. >> we're going to level the playing field. it's time to acknowledge what got us into this trouble in the first place. >> the vice president defends the status quo. >> that's a bunch of ma larky....
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mr. ryan said earlier in your program that there's no war against women. republicans can call it all they want. when all of the fatalities are women and the hard-fought gains we've hl have been under assault and has passed the house of representatives, they defunded planned parenthood. they passed a bill that said that your employers could deny your access to birth control and dictate your health care. one of the things that women feel strongly about is we know that president obama trusts us. trusts us to make decisions about our health care and what is very important to me is that should any of these ridiculous bills and ideas pass the house of representatives, i know in my heart that president obama's veto pen is filled with ink and he will veto any bill that rolls back the rights and opportunities of women or men or any american or any nationality in our great country. president obama has a record to run on. he deserves to be re-elected. women, men, children, everyone should get out in droves to vote. we have 18 days. this is critical. i've never seen a
mr. ryan said earlier in your program that there's no war against women. republicans can call it all they want. when all of the fatalities are women and the hard-fought gains we've hl have been under assault and has passed the house of representatives, they defunded planned parenthood. they passed a bill that said that your employers could deny your access to birth control and dictate your health care. one of the things that women feel strongly about is we know that president obama trusts us....
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ryan made, a sound bite, about americans that sounds very similar. let me play this to you for the first time and get your reaction. this was a year ago, paul ryan last november, talking about his estimate of how many people are dependent on government. listen to this. >> before too long we could become a society we were never, ever intended to be. we could become a society where the net majority of americans are takers, not makers. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe in the american idea. only 30% want the welfare state. >> governor, when you have a candidate for president talking about 40% are moochers, you have the vice presidential candidate saying that we're living in a society with more takers than makers, and 30% of the country want a welfare state, i mean, what is that saying to the american people as they head to the polls in 35 days? >> well, it's pathetic, is what it is? it says to the american people that both members of the republican ticket totally out of touch with americans and don't understand ordinary people. rev,
ryan made, a sound bite, about americans that sounds very similar. let me play this to you for the first time and get your reaction. this was a year ago, paul ryan last november, talking about his estimate of how many people are dependent on government. listen to this. >> before too long we could become a society we were never, ever intended to be. we could become a society where the net majority of americans are takers, not makers. 70% of americans want the american dream. they believe...
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the romney/ryan campaign negotiated for him to be called mr., not congressman ryan, at least by the moderator. his opponent, vice president biden, can presumably call paul ryan anything he wants and he probably will. i will say, steve, we were just talking about this new tweet that joe biden just sent out. do you have that -- >> i do. biden tweets just ahead of the debate, @joebiden, barack and i are in this because we will never stop fighting for you. you'll see that tonight, joe. the keyword there is "fighting." >> you were saying the keyword there is barack, it drives you nuts it's not the president. >> it's a personal thing. i went to the university of delaware. i have a soft spot for joe biden. but, no, he's the president of the united states. his first name is mr., his last name is president. mr. president. the president and i. >> he should call him president, but i think the keyword is "fight." and i must say, and i said it that night, i think the president was not on his "a" game, but i do not think what the big thing that night was him losing. the big thing was the lying of mitt romn
the romney/ryan campaign negotiated for him to be called mr., not congressman ryan, at least by the moderator. his opponent, vice president biden, can presumably call paul ryan anything he wants and he probably will. i will say, steve, we were just talking about this new tweet that joe biden just sent out. do you have that -- >> i do. biden tweets just ahead of the debate, @joebiden, barack and i are in this because we will never stop fighting for you. you'll see that tonight, joe. the...
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let me ask you quickly, what do you think -- mr. ryan -- steve kornacki? >> i i've always been impressed by joe biden. the reason he ended up on the ticket in 2008 is because of all those primary dietz bates, when it was hillary and obama were the stars, but the guy invariably we end up saying won those debates was joe biden. he's a strong communicator, very good in the debate setting. i expect him to press the case in a way we didn't see last week. how ryan handles that is really the $1 million question. >> steve, thank you for your time tonight. >> sure. >>> catch steve on "the cycle" weekdays at 3:00 eastern right here on msnbc. >>> still ahead, was there an intervention in the romney campaign? news tonight about a big fight inside team romney. >>> rudy giuliani, think about it, there is only three, a noun, a verbal and 9/11, nothing else. i've been negotiating since you were in congress. if you all had been around enough -- maybe i've been around too long, they forget all the wonderful things i've done -- but all siding aside -- walk around in my neigh
let me ask you quickly, what do you think -- mr. ryan -- steve kornacki? >> i i've always been impressed by joe biden. the reason he ended up on the ticket in 2008 is because of all those primary dietz bates, when it was hillary and obama were the stars, but the guy invariably we end up saying won those debates was joe biden. he's a strong communicator, very good in the debate setting. i expect him to press the case in a way we didn't see last week. how ryan handles that is really the $1...
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. >> mr. ryan said that governor romney was a car guy. if they have an elevator stacked on their couch, i guess he was. >> there was one person on stage who was thought full, respect l respectful, steady and poised, the kind of person you want to turn to in a crisis and that was the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. i see these obama rallies and they're chanting four more years. our cheer is four more weeks. >> guys, i have to say, that was easily my most favorite debate of the season so far. i think biden was the clear winner, gave democrats the shot of energy they needed, hammered them on the 47%, hammered him on lying, said the facts matter. the moment where they talked about abortion was so destructive because ryan said i'm going to make you all do what i believe in my catholic doctrine and biden said, hey, i believe this, i respect catholic doctrine but i'll let you do what you want to do and made the case that the supreme court is in the balance. but one of the things that i like -- i noticed that ryan can't expla
. >> mr. ryan said that governor romney was a car guy. if they have an elevator stacked on their couch, i guess he was. >> there was one person on stage who was thought full, respect l respectful, steady and poised, the kind of person you want to turn to in a crisis and that was the next vice president of the united states, paul ryan. i see these obama rallies and they're chanting four more years. our cheer is four more weeks. >> guys, i have to say, that was easily my most...
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. >> and mr. ryan, do we have to have a way of looking at same-sex marriage? >> actually, i came on to talk about the debt crisis and the budget, and that's the driving issue of this election. but i supported the wisconsin amendment to define marriage between a man and woman. bill clinton signed into law the defensive marriage act. if i recall from the last presidential campaign, president obama, vice president biden said they supported marriage as being between a man and woman. i don't know why we spend all this time talking about this. we have a debt crisis talking about it, and the administration gave us a budget that just failed to tackle the challenges. i think that's what we ought to be talking about right now. >> there's a presidential campaign, and you are a republican leader in congress, and these issues are talking about the bandwidth. and that's why i wanted to get your views on them. i want to move on to the economy. let's talk about the payroll tax cut that was passed this week. neither of you actually supported it. my question for you, congressma
. >> and mr. ryan, do we have to have a way of looking at same-sex marriage? >> actually, i came on to talk about the debt crisis and the budget, and that's the driving issue of this election. but i supported the wisconsin amendment to define marriage between a man and woman. bill clinton signed into law the defensive marriage act. if i recall from the last presidential campaign, president obama, vice president biden said they supported marriage as being between a man and woman. i...
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lee, what is mr. ryan really trying to say here? >> well, i think that i would flip it on them and ask them to maybe travel to new jersey, travel to new york, travel to connecticut where we had complete devastation last week with hurricane sandy and the folks that ran immediately into that problem to help, to save lives, to rebuild those communities, were public service workers. that was government at its best. that's what we do. i was in connecticut, al, a couple of days ago and i visited bridgeport, connecticut, where they had a lot of devastation, flooding. homes damaged, homes destroyed. and public service workers, the first responders, police, fire, public works department employees, they were there providing essential services to those citizens that have been affected. i would say to mitt romney and paul ryan, go to those areas and see what government workers do. see what government means in a time of crisis. i was there. you should go. >> now, lee, you've been on the front line, president of the largest municipal county and s
lee, what is mr. ryan really trying to say here? >> well, i think that i would flip it on them and ask them to maybe travel to new jersey, travel to new york, travel to connecticut where we had complete devastation last week with hurricane sandy and the folks that ran immediately into that problem to help, to save lives, to rebuild those communities, were public service workers. that was government at its best. that's what we do. i was in connecticut, al, a couple of days ago and i...
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. >> what does mr. ryan have to do to fend off the older, perhaps more seasoned veterans tonight? >> i think what he has to do is not get down in the weeds of the numbers but take those numbers and translate them into real people, real stories out there, very much as you saw romney do at the beginning of the delate last time. it really set the tone for where he was going to go and how he was going to frame the discussion. so i think to the extent he can do that, it gets him in some good ground. >> does he have the ability to nail the guy on where the weedy decisions on vouchers, on person 45 hood, on cuts of things like capital gains, and getting rid of estate taxes and lowering the top individual rate. all the wealth going to the top people, can biden nail him on that stuff? >> i did an interview with the vice president back in august and he hasn't done very many ser interviews. we talked about this thing. this is obviously before what happened in denver last week, but this is exactly what he was saying he was going to do. he was saying there's these stark differences between us
. >> what does mr. ryan have to do to fend off the older, perhaps more seasoned veterans tonight? >> i think what he has to do is not get down in the weeds of the numbers but take those numbers and translate them into real people, real stories out there, very much as you saw romney do at the beginning of the delate last time. it really set the tone for where he was going to go and how he was going to frame the discussion. so i think to the extent he can do that, it gets him in some...
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in mr. ryan's debate practices the role of vice president joe biden is being played by celebrated conservative attorney and former george w. bush solicitor general ted olson. ted olson is not your average former bush administration official. he is the former bush administration official who's been leading the legal effort to overturn california's ban on gay marriage and maybe every state's ban on gay marriage. he is very, very, very, very conservative. but he is on the pro gay side of this marriage fight. today at nyu's law school i got a chance to interview ted olson and his cocounsel the celebrated democratic attorney david boyce. they fought against each other in bush v. gore in the 2000 election but they are fighting together on the side of marriage equality in this federal case. and ted olson is the one of course who sticks out like a sore thumb here. he's a straight, married guy. he does not have a gay family member who has driven him to this decision. he has decided as a small governm
in mr. ryan's debate practices the role of vice president joe biden is being played by celebrated conservative attorney and former george w. bush solicitor general ted olson. ted olson is not your average former bush administration official. he is the former bush administration official who's been leading the legal effort to overturn california's ban on gay marriage and maybe every state's ban on gay marriage. he is very, very, very, very conservative. but he is on the pro gay side of this...
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. >> apparently mr. ryan forgot his opponents were giving out free birth control. should have seen that coming. now, some in the gop are trying to escape this whirling vortex of deep denial and blame, especially those looking to run in 2016. louisiana governor bobby jindal was out at a mike within hours. >> i absolutely reject that notion, that description. i think that's absolutely wrong. i don't think that represents where we are as a party and where we're going as a party. >> well, into which dimension the party is headed still remains very much up for question. let's get right to our panel. here in new york joy reid is the managing editor of thegrio.com. msnbc contributor ari melber is a columnist for "the nation." and in washington msnbc contributor jared bernstein, a senior fellow and former economist for vice president joe biden. ari, if i can start with you, let's set aside for the moment the racism and the contempt for his fellow americans. don't these kind of views ethically disqualify someone for the highest office in the land? i mean, e dee amin had a w
. >> apparently mr. ryan forgot his opponents were giving out free birth control. should have seen that coming. now, some in the gop are trying to escape this whirling vortex of deep denial and blame, especially those looking to run in 2016. louisiana governor bobby jindal was out at a mike within hours. >> i absolutely reject that notion, that description. i think that's absolutely wrong. i don't think that represents where we are as a party and where we're going as a party....
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ryan. you can catch both of them on "the cycle" weekdays at 3 p.m. right here on msnbc. >>> coming up, why shouldn't we be surprised or you be surprised to see president obama landing some big political punches tonight? >> when governor romney said we should let detroit go bankrupt, we said, no, we're not going to take your business advice. we reinvented a dying auto business that's come roaring back to the top of the world. we have come too far to turn back now. >>> and look at this, paul ryan in a soup kitchen. why is the guy who takes from the poor washing pots? we've got the real story behind it. and it's a mess. all that plus a woman's right to choose is in serious jeopardy. how do you call out a candidate who wants to repeal roe versus wade but won't admit it? big news from the president today on that strategy. you're watching a special edition of "politicsnation" as we get ready for what could be the biggest night in this campaign, on the place for politics, msnbc. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and tw
ryan. you can catch both of them on "the cycle" weekdays at 3 p.m. right here on msnbc. >>> coming up, why shouldn't we be surprised or you be surprised to see president obama landing some big political punches tonight? >> when governor romney said we should let detroit go bankrupt, we said, no, we're not going to take your business advice. we reinvented a dying auto business that's come roaring back to the top of the world. we have come too far to turn back now....
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mr. ryan is sharpening his attacks against the president and romney campaign. they face the president's growing lead in the polls in both states. nbc's ron mott is live on the phone from boston with us. ron, what's the latest there? >> hey, alex, good morning to you. we're in boston, just getting ready to board the buses and head up to derry, new hampshire, for that first rally that you mentioned. paul ryan is going to be speaking in new hampshire, and then we are off to ohio. a little bit later for a banquet in columbus later this afternoon. he's sharpening his attack against the president. the president seems to develop bigger and bigger leads in those big battlegrounds, ohio, virginia, florida, as the attacks from the romney campaign are getting just a little bit sharper and what paul ryan is going out and doing now, the past week or so, he's brought out the power point. the numbers guy, a budget guy, he's showing voters who come to these rallies exactly, and in raw numbers, the deficit problem the country has and he said that mitt romney is the better candi
mr. ryan is sharpening his attacks against the president and romney campaign. they face the president's growing lead in the polls in both states. nbc's ron mott is live on the phone from boston with us. ron, what's the latest there? >> hey, alex, good morning to you. we're in boston, just getting ready to board the buses and head up to derry, new hampshire, for that first rally that you mentioned. paul ryan is going to be speaking in new hampshire, and then we are off to ohio. a little...
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tonight i think mr. ryan made it very clear. they believe government and legislators should make decisions that women should make themselves. >> what's your reaction to what we've seen in some polls that indicate a closing of the gender gap with mitt romney running better now in the polls anyway with women? >> i've seen different polls. i think polls are all over the map right now. i do this this is what women were needing to hear tonight. what are the differences on particular issues. i actually think what we'll see after this is, again, this gender gap that's been very strong in favor of the president. i think we'll continue to see it to grow. >> thanks for joining us tonight. >> good to see you. >> rachel, back to you. >> thank you, lawrence. there's been a snap poll in terms of results from tonight's debate. cbs news did a flash poll of uncommitted voters on who they think won tonight's debate. 19% of those voters said the debate was a tie. 31% say that paul ryan won. 50% say that vice president biden won. we're going to be
tonight i think mr. ryan made it very clear. they believe government and legislators should make decisions that women should make themselves. >> what's your reaction to what we've seen in some polls that indicate a closing of the gender gap with mitt romney running better now in the polls anyway with women? >> i've seen different polls. i think polls are all over the map right now. i do this this is what women were needing to hear tonight. what are the differences on particular...
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mr. romney would draw his own red line far before president obama's red line. then a few days after that, on september 17th, same deal again. here's mitt romney at a latino issues presidential candidates forum, saying that the guy who wrote the arizona's papers, please, law, he's never met the guy. no idea. he doesn't know why he keeps say that guy is his immigrations adviser. seriously, mitt romney has never met kris kobach? no, not really. his campaign later coming out and telling cnn, never mind what mitt romney just said, he has met the guy who wrote the papers, please, law, kris kobach does advise the campaign. then a few days after that on september 25th, they went and did it again. here's mitt romney conceding one of his most frequent attacks on president obama. this was mitt romney at a rally that day admitting that president obama has not raised taxes while he has been in office. seriously? mitt romney is dropping that argument? he doesn't think president obama has raised taxes?
mr. romney would draw his own red line far before president obama's red line. then a few days after that, on september 17th, same deal again. here's mitt romney at a latino issues presidential candidates forum, saying that the guy who wrote the arizona's papers, please, law, he's never met the guy. no idea. he doesn't know why he keeps say that guy is his immigrations adviser. seriously, mitt romney has never met kris kobach? no, not really. his campaign later coming out and telling cnn, never...
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. >> yes, mr. romney's neighborhood. welcome back to "so that happened" inspired by a favorite korniacki. this is the awesome corner. fallon is classic. let's take a trip to the neighborhood of make believe where me and paul ryan get most of the fakes. ouch. to be fair, he says that president obama taught us a new word. choke. ouch. speaking of american icons and political message s check out this music blowing up online with a cool animated look at big ronnie. >> a few months ago i told the american people i did not train arms for hostages. my heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true but the facts and evidence tell me it is not. >> now for a little break from all of the proper propaganda, there's a slice of awesome with a side of what? from the marching band of the ohio state university with a tribute to video games. tetris, mario brothers, pac-man and blowing the crowd and the internet away with this, the horse from the legend of zelda. >> wow. >> hard for that many people to work together as a unit but t
. >> yes, mr. romney's neighborhood. welcome back to "so that happened" inspired by a favorite korniacki. this is the awesome corner. fallon is classic. let's take a trip to the neighborhood of make believe where me and paul ryan get most of the fakes. ouch. to be fair, he says that president obama taught us a new word. choke. ouch. speaking of american icons and political message s check out this music blowing up online with a cool animated look at big ronnie. >> a few...
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i want to the, ryan -- >> the kids wrote that. >> ryan, you've written extensively about our dysfunctional congress and also our washington deny i zans. >> that just means covering congress. >> i like the -- dug mr. romney went to washington and met with republican leadership in the house and senate. he met, of course, with paul ryan hon conveniently is from wisconsin, a say the that is a shiny apple sitting on the table for mitt romney in the coming weeks. what did you make that have meeting? assuming -- we're assuming that mitt romney is going to wrap his arms around the paul ryan. >> this guy should not be going to washington and begging these guys for support. the party at this point should be coalescing around him. you're not seeing that happen. he's way behind in terms of endorsements from the party establishment. he's way behind what we've seen until previous cycles, not getting the love of the establishment. yes, it's coming from here and there, but when jeb bush tweets yes, i support mitt romney, i mean, that goes to show you that people who have presidential ambitions in the futu
i want to the, ryan -- >> the kids wrote that. >> ryan, you've written extensively about our dysfunctional congress and also our washington deny i zans. >> that just means covering congress. >> i like the -- dug mr. romney went to washington and met with republican leadership in the house and senate. he met, of course, with paul ryan hon conveniently is from wisconsin, a say the that is a shiny apple sitting on the table for mitt romney in the coming weeks. what did you...
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mr. chairman, how close do you believe is the race to being over as far as you are concerned? >> well, i think it's a combination. the math is as close as i have seen out there in the press. good job there, chuck. i think it's a combination of math and momentum. it always is. everything will come dun to those two things and sometimes it's more momentum than math and sometimes it's more math than momentum. i don't know how close it is d to getting over with. my job is to be careful about waging into the middle of a primary battle. governor romney had a good night last night. i have to be neutral, but i don't have to avoid the facts. hoe had a good night and we will at least go through march and see what happens in april. >> i was going to say, there was a state thaw are familiar with called the state of wisconsin where you cut your political teeth. is that a fair thing? if mitt romney wins wisconsin and it is fair for more republican leaders to say it's time to call it on mitt rom me? >> i
mr. chairman, how close do you believe is the race to being over as far as you are concerned? >> well, i think it's a combination. the math is as close as i have seen out there in the press. good job there, chuck. i think it's a combination of math and momentum. it always is. everything will come dun to those two things and sometimes it's more momentum than math and sometimes it's more math than momentum. i don't know how close it is d to getting over with. my job is to be careful about...
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mr. romney's running mate paul ryan held special in-person events with donald trump. he did robocalls throughout the campaign and he wasn't freelancing. mitt romney asked him to do it. he did have the leadership reins of the republican party for a brief moment as their presidential candidate. and what he did with that position of leadership is going to haunt the republican party prospects of being taken seriously for a long time to come. so the question now, as it has been for many years now, is who's next? who runs that party? who is their leader now? how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. [ tylenol bottle ] me too! and nasal
mr. romney's running mate paul ryan held special in-person events with donald trump. he did robocalls throughout the campaign and he wasn't freelancing. mitt romney asked him to do it. he did have the leadership reins of the republican party for a brief moment as their presidential candidate. and what he did with that position of leadership is going to haunt the republican party prospects of being taken seriously for a long time to come. so the question now, as it has been for many years now,...
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mr. romney says allowing iran to build a nuclear weapon is unacceptable. president obama also says the u.s. goal is preventing iran from having an atomic bomb. >>> paul ryan told fox news he and mitt romney want a 20% cut in all income tax rates but ryan failed to provide details. >>> the associated press says if the election were held today, mitt romney would win 23 states, president obama would win the rest capturing 271 electoral votes. >>> hugo chavez, the president of venezuela is facing re-election with voting to be held next sunday, october 7th. chavez told an interviewer that if he were an american, he would vote for president obama over mitt romney. >>> music magazine has ranked the ten best presidents since 1900. franklin d. roosevelt, president during the depression and world war ii was ranked number one. number ten was barack obama. >>> and as the supreme court starts its fall term, justice ruth bader ginsbebegin ginsburg oldest on the supreme court. you probably did not know gin gingsburg and scalia spend every new years with reach over's fami
mr. romney says allowing iran to build a nuclear weapon is unacceptable. president obama also says the u.s. goal is preventing iran from having an atomic bomb. >>> paul ryan told fox news he and mitt romney want a 20% cut in all income tax rates but ryan failed to provide details. >>> the associated press says if the election were held today, mitt romney would win 23 states, president obama would win the rest capturing 271 electoral votes. >>> hugo chavez, the...
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president. >> and supporting the ryan plan which slashes money for teachers. >> but last night he loves teachers. >> last night he loves teachers and last night he made the most dramatic and decisive move to the center. >> why do you call it a move to the center? it was a move to lie. >> it's a move that's completely dishonest from where he has been in the rest of the campaign, but i think what they realized is he can't run on those positions and win. he can't be the far right guy who hates teachers and firefighters and expect to win an election in this country and republicans staring down the possibility of a loss sort of gave him permission to lie about his position, move to the center, and try to convince people that this is where he's been all the time. >> amazing. >> and he also says he likes cole. let's take it with a grain of salt. >> and big bird, but too bad. >> two intelligent women we're delighted to have on our broadcast. stay with us. much more ahead. >> i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i'm not looking for a $5 trillion tax cut. i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut.
president. >> and supporting the ryan plan which slashes money for teachers. >> but last night he loves teachers. >> last night he loves teachers and last night he made the most dramatic and decisive move to the center. >> why do you call it a move to the center? it was a move to lie. >> it's a move that's completely dishonest from where he has been in the rest of the campaign, but i think what they realized is he can't run on those positions and win. he can't be...
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mr. romney has added to last-minute campaign stops in ohio and pennsylvania after he votes in massachusetts. running mate paul ryan will vote in wisconsin before joining romney in boston and vice president joe biden will vote in delaware before joining the president in ohio. we have details on the candidates' final frantic day of campaigning. tracy i poe tracie potts is wit >>> look at the cincinnati enquirer with the faceoff picture in the headline. it's all up to us. ohio at the center of the political universe. while this state may in fact be important, it wasn't the first to vote. for the first time ever and with its lowest turnout in almost 50 years, a tie this morning in tiny dixville notch. they cast five votes for barack obama, five for governor romney. a few hours south in manchester, the governor ends his campaign. these last months of our campaign have seen the gathering of strength of a real movement across this country. it's evident in the size of these crowds like this tonig
mr. romney has added to last-minute campaign stops in ohio and pennsylvania after he votes in massachusetts. running mate paul ryan will vote in wisconsin before joining romney in boston and vice president joe biden will vote in delaware before joining the president in ohio. we have details on the candidates' final frantic day of campaigning. tracy i poe tracie potts is wit >>> look at the cincinnati enquirer with the faceoff picture in the headline. it's all up to us. ohio at the...
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hard time defending some of the things mr. romney said last night. guess what, we'll be watching. david and michelle, thanks for your time tonight. >>> and if you liked those big bird photo, head over to our facebook page. we have them all posted there and the facts of romney's wrong priorities. >>> coming up -- disrespect against president obama. a top romney surrogate calls the president of the united states lazy. it's time for leadership. >>> and a criminal probe launched against republicans committing voter fraud. big story out of florida tonight. stay with us. many of my patients still clean their dentures with toothpaste. but they have to use special care in keeping the denture clean. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident is designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. that's why i rec
hard time defending some of the things mr. romney said last night. guess what, we'll be watching. david and michelle, thanks for your time tonight. >>> and if you liked those big bird photo, head over to our facebook page. we have them all posted there and the facts of romney's wrong priorities. >>> coming up -- disrespect against president obama. a top romney surrogate calls the president of the united states lazy. it's time for leadership. >>> and a criminal probe...
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come on... [ male announcer ] mr. clean magic eraser bath scrubber. its clean is out of this world. >>> this is a story about being a phoney, meaning not real. over the weekend paul ryan was on the campaign trail in youngstown, ohio. on his way to the airport, ryan stopped by a local soup kitchen. >> the vice presidential candidate pitched in at a youngstown soup kitchen following his forum. he helped wash dishes after lunch was served at the dining hall. >> hold the phone. according to "the washington post" by the time the vice presidential nominee and his family had arrived, the food had been served, the hall was empty and the volunteers appeared to have already cleaned up. but that didn't stop ryan from missing out on a great photo op. as "the new york times" reports, the family put on aprons and washed several large pans, though they didn't appear needing to be washed. once the clean dishes got another wash as "the washington post" report, ryan was on his way. he talked to some men who appeared to be homeless but reporters were not allowed to list
come on... [ male announcer ] mr. clean magic eraser bath scrubber. its clean is out of this world. >>> this is a story about being a phoney, meaning not real. over the weekend paul ryan was on the campaign trail in youngstown, ohio. on his way to the airport, ryan stopped by a local soup kitchen. >> the vice presidential candidate pitched in at a youngstown soup kitchen following his forum. he helped wash dishes after lunch was served at the dining hall. >> hold the phone....
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ryan is ready. because mr. ryan has had all of this build-up. and one, we've seen he is fast and furious with the facts, which joe biden will not let him get away with. and we really have never seen him debate at that level. he is going to no man's land. joe biden has been on that national platform in those national debates before. and if he is not careful, he's going to treat him like, let me teach you, son, how we do this. that could be the worst thing that could happen. or the best thing that could happen, depending on your politics. >> the other big speech tonight interesting person who got a big national boost out of an appearance was elizabeth warren. we've got more on that ahead. plus looking ahead to tomorrow. you're watching msnbc's live coverage of the democratic convention. we're still here. stay with us. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning
ryan is ready. because mr. ryan has had all of this build-up. and one, we've seen he is fast and furious with the facts, which joe biden will not let him get away with. and we really have never seen him debate at that level. he is going to no man's land. joe biden has been on that national platform in those national debates before. and if he is not careful, he's going to treat him like, let me teach you, son, how we do this. that could be the worst thing that could happen. or the best thing...
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i am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. >> so, mr. president, take your campaign, division and anger and hate back to chicago and let us get on rebuilding and reunites america. >> no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney to make this country a better place to live. >> mitt romney's political life has led to this moment. tonight speech at the republican national convention, he will accept his party's nomination and reach out to those critical undecided voters, and joining me now to talk about the big speech is former speechwriter for president george w. bush jonathan horn and chief speech writer for president jimmy carter, james fallows. jonathan, where do you start with a speech this big and with this much sequence? >> well, i think what mitt romney needs to do tonight is to tell a story. he needs to start bysetting the scene where is the country right now? what are the stakes in this election? then he needs to have a negative and positive aspect to the speech. the negative part is why barack obama has failed to meet this mo
i am happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion. >> so, mr. president, take your campaign, division and anger and hate back to chicago and let us get on rebuilding and reunites america. >> no one will move heaven and earth like mitt romney to make this country a better place to live. >> mitt romney's political life has led to this moment. tonight speech at the republican national convention, he will accept his party's nomination and reach out to those critical undecided...
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more than 73 million watched mr. biden and alaska governor sarah palin, making it the most-watched vice presidential debate in u.s. history. >>> now, we have two reports. first on the president's agenda for today. nbc's mike viqueira is joining me live from the white house. >> hello, alex. >> let's get what the president's doing today. studying, i believe. >> yeah, training camp, debate camp, call it what you will. you remember he went for three days before that first debate to nevada. of course a swing state. he goes to another swing state. but a little bit closer to home to train for another three days to practice to go over the issues, the answers, the zingers, perhaps, at least to be more aggressive. that's what the white house is promising. he's going to be very local here in williamsburg, virginia. perhaps about a two-hour drive. although the president, of course, is going to be flying down there. he's there for three days. he's going to be ensconced behind closed doors. no public events on the president's sche
more than 73 million watched mr. biden and alaska governor sarah palin, making it the most-watched vice presidential debate in u.s. history. >>> now, we have two reports. first on the president's agenda for today. nbc's mike viqueira is joining me live from the white house. >> hello, alex. >> let's get what the president's doing today. studying, i believe. >> yeah, training camp, debate camp, call it what you will. you remember he went for three days before that first...
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with a few choice zincers of his own. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground. but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >> a very clear choice, not just in a contrast in style but clear contrast in substance. >> paul was, of course, respectful and polite. paul was paul. he came on with facts and figures and a plan. >> did biden do enough to stem the bleeding and damage from president obama's lackluster first debate performance? did ryan help maintain the romney momentum? >> this is a classic case where both sides of the aisle people saw what they wanted to see. >> joining me now is brad woodhouse, communications director of the democrat national committee. thanks for joining us today. >> thanks, richard. >> the vice president is being hammered by people who say he was laughing inappropriately, very energetic certainly. smirking, interrupting frequently. let's play some of those moments for our viewers, first. >> under a romney administration
with a few choice zincers of his own. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground. but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >> a very clear choice, not just in a contrast in style but clear contrast in substance. >> paul was, of course, respectful and polite. paul was paul. he came on with facts and figures and a plan. >> did biden do enough to stem the bleeding and damage from president...
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mr. akin was defiant. accusing the republican presidential candidate of making a bigger deal than is necessary over the comments. >> if you were in romney's position, don't you think that he may have bid this thing up and made a bigger deal about it than he needed to? why couldn't he run his race and i run mine? >> can you name one person, one member of the united states senate, you know, lot of conservatives ran, paul, jim demint, marco rubio, mike lee, any current member of the senate that has called you and asked you to stay in? >> no. our polling data says we're still up a point. >> akin also released a new campaign ad apologizing to missouri voters for what he said. >> i'm todd akin and i approve this message. rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. as the father of two daughters i want tough justice for predators. i have a compassionate heart for the victims of sexual assault and i pray for them. the fact is, rape can lead to pregnancy.
mr. akin was defiant. accusing the republican presidential candidate of making a bigger deal than is necessary over the comments. >> if you were in romney's position, don't you think that he may have bid this thing up and made a bigger deal about it than he needed to? why couldn't he run his race and i run mine? >> can you name one person, one member of the united states senate, you know, lot of conservatives ran, paul, jim demint, marco rubio, mike lee, any current member of the...
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. >> mr. james layer would be. my thanks to all of you. we'll be right back here with one week from tomorrow for the vice-presidential debate. joe biden, paul ryan. thanks for being us with tonight. good night from denver. so make your case and you don't want the government to help the economy welcome but don't give he this small-government stuff. come on! [ male announcer ] if you had a dollar for every dollar car insurance companies say they'll save you by switching, you'd have like, a ton of dollars. but how are they saving you those dollars? a lot of companies might answer "um" or, "no comment." then there's esurance. born online, raised by technology, and majors in efficiency. so whatever they save, you save. hassle, time, paperwork, hair-tearing-out, and yes, especially dollars. esurance. insurance for the modern world. click or call.
. >> mr. james layer would be. my thanks to all of you. we'll be right back here with one week from tomorrow for the vice-presidential debate. joe biden, paul ryan. thanks for being us with tonight. good night from denver. so make your case and you don't want the government to help the economy welcome but don't give he this small-government stuff. come on! [ male announcer ] if you had a dollar for every dollar car insurance companies say they'll save you by switching, you'd have like, a...